…about a thing?
Except for make sure to control my wayward scissor-hands.
I lopped off one of the main branches from my remaining Komaoni girl while trimming lower leaves.
Incredibly careless.
I’m gutted and very depressed right now.
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Week 9 of flowering.
The branch I cut off is responding well to being placed in nutrients and I have slight hopes that it might survive and produce seeds and a good smoke or two.
Update.
I cut and trimmed the Komaoni today as the seeds started to pop out of the husks.
The seed husks are covered in resin and I’m hoping for a good smoke.
My seed count is probably in the hundreds rather than thousands.
This will give me a good foundation for continuing the Komaoni landrace strain growing in Ireland.
The Jamaican Pearl is about 2 weeks from cropping.
Happy days
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Update: Testing the viability of my homegrown landrace Komaoni seeds.
I planted 10 seeds directly into the soil about 5 days ago. Three health looking seedlings have already appeared with signs that more are on the way.
Yesterday, I put 10 seeds into a covered cup of warm water and today I have 9 confirmed seeds with sprouted tails. I’ve transferred all 10 seeds to damp paper towels and a zip lock plastic bag.
Early days yet.
There’s many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip…
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Today, I de-seeded my dried Komaoni and put the seed husks into a jar for curing.
Not much product.
My next grow will be all female.
On the plus side; I’ll never have to buy seeds again.
Happy days
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Update.
Today I cut and trimmed my Jamaican Pearl. She is heavy with Komaoni cross seeds.
I’ve put 10 of the seeds in water to test for viability.
Happy days
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Update - The grow goes on!
Three female clones that were first rooted in soil pots and then transferred to Kratky 2 litre bottle pots in late March.
I’m using natural light.
The nutrients used:
1 to 4 weeks - 2mils Vitalink Hydromax veg a&b per litre, a small splash of CalMag and Silicon. Kept sitting on heat mats 24/7 and maintain a 20- 22c temperature.
4 to 8 weeks - 3mils and 1mil CalMag and Silicon per litre of 6 ph rainwater.
Changed to bigger 11 lire square pots.
8 to rest of veg grow - 4mils and 1mil CalMag and Silicon per litre of 6 ph rainwater.
The plan is to transfer the plants at the end of July to a much taller improvised grow tent at the end of July.
The Irish born and bred Kumaoni seedlings are almost young plants.
The Jamaican Pearl / Kumaoni cross seedlings are doing OK.
I’m excited and proud to be growing a new strain of Cannabis.
Jamkoni - Jam-k-on-high <(Ireland)
This year’s breeding grow has come to an end.
The main aim of the rest of the year is to terminate males and pamper females 
Happy days and good luck with your grow and harvest.
O’whee
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Just read through the thread. Good work!
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Update
The Kumaoni-NI seedlings are now health plants. I think I’ve got 5 males and 4 females but the final sex was only revealed in the last grow very late into flowering. So, I’ll wait and see before culling.
Pure Kratky is OK for green leafy plants. However, I think that my Kratky cannabis grows produced less yield and suffered from nitrogen deficiencies in the flowing stage.
I put two Jamaican Pearl (f) and one Kumoani (f) clones onto a 14/10 light schedule in my new improvised tent and included an air pump and two bubblers in the set-up.
The plan is to keep them on 14/10 for two weeks and then switch nutrients to bloom and cut the lights to 12/12. They are under 600w led.
In my small tent, I run a 300w led which should be adequate for a one plant soil based grow. This was set into flower on the above schedule.
Happy days
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Jimbo68 is a good friend.
The Kumoani Sativa strain is reputed to grow up to 3.5m tall in cold and humid conditions. It is mainly harvested for Charas or hash and not for buds. I can certainly see why as the process of deseeding even my small harvest was long and very tedious work. I did manage to recover some of the empty seed husks and cured them in a jar for a couple of weeks.
When rolled into a joint the smoke was smooth with very little coughing. I felt an immediate sense of wellbeing and joint pain relief which continued for days after a medication session.
I’ve proved that Kumoani can be grown indoors providing vigorous topping and training is carried out very early on in the veg stage.
Next year I plan to propagate indoors in April and plant outdoors in late May Hopefully. this will produce plants with full height and massive yields.
Exciting times.
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Update Week 3 Flowering
Today I switched nutrients from veg to bloom and changed lights to 12/12.
This was a very tricky operation.
My new improvised grow tent needed to be partially dismantled and the fan, water heater, air pump & bubblers removed or put to one side and the lights switched off.
On a nearby table, I had already prepared some 11ltr pots and partially filled them with nutrients ready to receive the main tank lid complete with the three plants and roots.
I did several practice runs to identify potential obstacles and the precise steps to take.
Fully aware that I might ruin three months of hard work. I hitched up my jeans, adjusted balls and just went for it.
Thankfully, no dramas except for some listing due to the plants being top-heavy.
I then emptied the tank of the veg solution and refilled with 40 litres of bloom solution set to Ph 6.3 in anticipation of the bubblers reducing the Ph downwards over time.
While the plants were at table height, I took the opportunity to trim the lower leaves and branches that just wouldn’t receive enough light and then reversed the operation with no dramas.
I added full scrog netting and started the flowing phase LST.
I joined the British Army in 1970 as a young Sapper in the Royal Engineers.
My first Drill Sergeant had a habit of substituting “P’s” for “F’s” in certain sentences and one I’ll always remember and is particularly relevant to this post.
“Plan it, Practice it, Pucking do it.”
A happy day.
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I’ve changed my nutrient mixing regime because this fellow makes a compelling argument.
(around 6 minutes in)
Silica first then A+B and finally CalMag.
Update
First of all and for the military trained comrades, left IS my civilian left in this photo description.
In the background, you can see my rain harvester.
Slightly forward and to the left are my first germinated KumoaniNI plants. In hindsight, I should have topped them way earlier. It will be interesting to see if they bend and grow to the shape of the tunnel.
Slightly forward.
The Virginia Gold tobacco grows bigger by the day. From such a small seed, great and consequential things have and often happen.
A little nudge forward.
There’s my strain.
Born in Ireland.
Many a slip betwixt cup and lip.
End of week three-under 12/12 300 watts light.
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Looking good!
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Update
The KumoaniNI plants are growing fast, despite multiple toppings and bending are outgrowing the tunnel space. They have yet to enter the flowering stage. I’m going to have to be inventive in my height control and mould protection later in the year.
The two cages in the rear are KumoaniNI plants. The tall ones were started in June with the other one started about 4 weeks later.
Extreme bending!
This is my new strain JamkoNI growing in soil and in hydroponics.
There’s not enough veg time left under natural light for them to reach full maturity. Maybe, just maybe, they might produce a bud rot free crop.
Here’s my 3rd generation Jamaican Pearl going into week 5 of flowering and the next generation of clones coming along nicely.
My Kratky++ system is doing just fine.
The Perfect Spliff Project took a huge leap forward when my Virginia Gold tobacco plant went into flower.
Happy days.
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If I was intending to sell my new strain (which I’m not), I’d probably rip off some famous marketing icon.
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Update.
The two cages in the rear are KumoaniNI plants. The tall ones were started in June with the other one started about 4 weeks later.
Both sets of plants have completed the pre-flower stage and have started to show very early signs of early bud growth. I expect to be able to confirm the sex of each plant over the next few weeks. At that stage, I’ll cull the males and train the females to take up a much lower profile.
Here are some photos of extreme bending and in some cases snapping of stems in my attempts to restrict the height of the plants.
My new strain JamkoNI which is growing in soil and hydroponics has also completed pre-flowering. Although they have only spent a few weeks in veg, I’m still hopeful of a decent harvest.
My Jamaican Pearl in entering the 7th week of flower under 250 LED lights boosted by natural sunlight from 1100 to 1900hrs. The buds are starting to join up and form colas with some of the lower leaves turning brown and dying off. This is a good sign as the plant is entering the final stage.
My Kratky++ system is growing well and I have great hopes for a good harvest from these 3 plants.
The Perfect Spliff Project took another step forward when my Virginia Gold tobacco plant started to show gorgeous flowers and the lower leaves turned golden yellow. I’ve harvested and dried a few leaves and the smoke is mild with no burnt grass taste.
Things are on track.
Happy days.
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